ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Paul Oakes was living at Asheville Buncombe County Christian Ministries’ Veterans Restoration Quarters for almost a year. Then the remnants of Hurricane Helene hit.
The room he shared with two others was suddenly filled with mud and water.
“It was frightening. I will never forget the day the storm hit. I was going to stay and I was on the first floor and the first floor was completely covered,” Oakes said…